Wake Up retreats

Haga clic aquí para leer en español Clicca qui per leggere il post in italiano My name is Giuseppe and I am 32 years old. I currently live in Tuscany, in Arezzo. At the moment I am dedicating myself to an individual path of inner search. This started in October 2012 by teaching myself. This […]

by Zarah Reinhard from Switzerland Haga clic aqui para leer en español this morning fresh, like a dewdrop blooming in the mouth of a rose— standing still, waiting for awakenings; dawn has already passed. this sky a circled wonder hidden beyond the stars. it’s light-blue veil like the skin of a whale […]

By TS Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng Haga clic aquí para leer en español Men normally don’t cry. But I did cry before the end of the Wake Up Asia 2014 retreat. And I can’t help but write them down, the emotions about the memorable days we were fortunate to be together. At first I didn’t plan […]

During the Be-In on the last Lay Day of the winter retreat in Plum Village, Cheï from Amsterdam sang a beautiful rendition of India Arie’s Break the Shell. She was one of the 80 long-term lay friends who practiced with the monastic community from November 2014 to February 2015.

How does it feel to spend a morning in Upper Hamlet, Plum Village with the monastic and lay community on the last day of 2014? Below is a video made by Friso from Wake Up Netherlands. He’s one of the 40 Dutch Wake Uppers who had the opportunity to transition from the year […]

Dear friends, During the winter Thay has encouraged us to step back from technology in order to spend more time and energy on our personal practice. The web masters of Wake Up will support this collective energy of slowing down by going offline for the winter and will resume updating this website in late February. […]

Waking Up in the Great Lakes This past fall a group of monastic and lay students of Thich Nhat Hanh offered mindfulness events in cities throughout the Midwest of the United States. Accompanying them for their two-week Michigan leg was Brandon Rennels, the current coordinator of Wake Up in North America. Below is an interview […]

By Jonathan Borella “Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out.” As I hold my attention gently and firmly on my entire in-breath and out-breath, I feel my abdomen raising and falling. The air is cool as it enters my nostrils and a little warmer […]

Question: I am 20 years old and currently a student. My family is not happy. My dad is an alcoholic and has several affairs outside marriage; my mom is jealous all the time. The family life has been like hell for years. Recently, my mom could no longer tolerate the loneliness and lack of love, […]